Every Friday after school, Elise Curtis jumps into a car, her mom, Tambra, at the wheel, and hightails it to Ceres Community Project not far from her home near Santa Rosa’s Spring Lake. There is barely enough time to get from Maria Carrillo High School to Ceres and load her precious cargo of food fresh from the kitchen. But Elise rarely misses a week. For the next hour, mom and daughter drive through town to knock on doors and deliver […]

For some, it started with Sunday school. For me, it started with Sunday brunch. When I was a teenager, I went to my first Sunday brunch at a hotel restaurant. It was an all-you-can-eat buffet, and I was instantly hooked. In fact, that may have been the moment when I became a “foodie” (even though that term had not been invented yet). From that point on, my eyes lit up whenever I heard the word “buffet.” I mean, it’s a […]